Arsenal's 2-1 home defeat by Bournemouth on Saturday blew the Premier League title race wide open, as Brentford and Everton missed the chance to close in on Champions League qualification after a 2-2 draw.
The Gunners could have opened up a 12-point lead at the top of the table, but a third defeat in four games for Mikel Arteta's men has put the destiny of the title back in Manchester City's hands.
City have two games in hand on the leaders, starting with Sunday's trip to Chelsea, and host Arsenal next weekend.
Bournemouth claim all three points at the Emirates ⚽🍒#ARSBOU | #SSPremierLeague pic.twitter.com/QhWJ7b0QZ7
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Just a few weeks ago, Arsenal were dreaming of an unprecedented quadruple.
But after losing to City in the League Cup final and being dumped out of the FA Cup by second-tier Southampton, a first league title in 22 years may also now be slipping away.
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"We were very far from the standards that we've shown all season, so it's a big punch in the face because we wanted to win this game so badly," said Arteta.
"We didn't cope with the situations when they didn't go our way."
Junior Kroupi reacted quickest to Adrien Truffert's deflected cross to give Bournemouth an early lead.
Viktor Gyokeres levelled before the break from the penalty spot, but a lack of creative spark in the final third was again Arsenal's undoing.
It is their defensive record that has put Arteta's men in pole position for the title, but they were cut open with ease when Alex Scott finished off a fine team move for the winner on 74 minutes.
Alex Scott with the winner for the Cherries 🍒💥
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It ends in disaster for the Gunners at home 👀#ARSBOU | #SSPremierLeague | @Discovery_SA pic.twitter.com/j52HRDyjjS
The result was also huge in Bournemouth's charge towards the European places as they move up to 10th on the back of an 11-game unbeaten run.
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Five English sides will qualify directly for next season's Champions League and both Brentford and Everton missed the chance to move level on points with fifth-placed Liverpool.
Twice the Bees led through Igor Thiago, who took his tally for the season to 21 Premier League goals and was within one of Erling Haaland in the race for the Golden Boot.
Beto levelled midway through the first half for the visitors and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall struck in stoppage time to salvage a point.
A late, late Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall equaliser sees @BrentfordFC and @Everton share the points 🌦️ pic.twitter.com/YM5h2EprKO
— Premier League (@premierleague) April 11, 2026
Brighton are also well in the mix for their first-ever taste of Champions League football.
Mats Wieffer scored twice as the Seagulls beat relegation-bound Burnley 2-0.
A fifth win in six games for Fabian Hurzeler's men takes them up to ninth and within three points of the top five.
A brace from Mats Wieffer takes @OfficialBHAFC to ninth place 🪜 pic.twitter.com/HEQOoCEu3G
— Premier League (@premierleague) April 11, 2026
Liverpool can solidify their place in the top five when they host Fulham later at Anfield, looking to snap a three-game losing streak.
Heavy defeats by Manchester City in the FA Cup and Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League have ramped up the pressure on Arne Slot's position as Liverpool boss, less than a year he led the club to the Premier League title.
Mohamed Salah returns to the Liverpool starting line-up among five changes made by Slot from the chastening 2-0 loss to PSG in midweek.